On a side street in Hoxton, London there’s a small defunct pub once home to a community of drinkers and now home to a community of makers. The defunct pub is now a ‘digital fabrication laboratory called the FabPub which allows people to experiment with large 3D Printers and Laser Cutters.

University of the Arts London (UAL) has led the field in open education & digital literacies activities & projects in arts subjects over the past eight years, mostly through external or part funded projects[i]. However awareness of open educational resources (OER), Open Educational Practice (OEP) and digital making remain under the radar, outside mainstream pedagogic practice.

The MakerSpace MOOC project would partner/closely align with existing MakerSpaces, the arts sector & arts education to explore how a MOOC style learning approach could support virtual & physical learning through the sharing of the MakerSpace/arts studio experience, skills, approach and ethos with a wider audience.